The <a href="http://www.oycf.org">Overseas Young Chinese Forum</a> consistently puts out splendid articles.  In the lastest issue, Randy PEERENBOOM (note the capitalization of the last name, woo!) expounds on China's transition to a rule-of-law country in his article "<a href="http://www.oycf.org/Perspectives/17_063002/One_Hundred_Flower_Bloom.htm">Let One Hundred Flowers Bloom, One Hundred Schools Contend: Debating Rule of Law in China - Part One</a>".  Great sections on the views of different conceptions of nationhood on human rights, and the ways these different conceptions treat their constitutions.  An article by Yuanheng Sally WANG called "<a href="http://www.oycf.org/Perspectives/17_063002/Mosaic_Egg.htm">Mosaic "Eggs" and Their Connections to the Biculturalism: A Dissection of the Identity of White Americans Interested in Chinese Culture</a>" caught my eye because it's about "egged" Sinophiles and how the Chinese culture can either modify or reinforce the cultural elements of their birth culture.  This article has a lot of academic heeing and hawing and not much original thought, but the second half has some interesting framework for future thought on this topic.

I haven't done much today.  Had passport photos taken.  Bought a toothbrush and soap.  Ate ramen and almost-ripe nectarines for lunch.

Following in the footsteps of <a href="http://www.loubrothers.com">Lou Brothers</a>, the <a href="micah/project/">Self-Project</a> begins.